my take on it is i just don’t believe her reason for pulling out.
She made sereral screwups and figured she would place low, and didn’t want that on her record, so she comes up with the ‘mental stress’ excuse so she can’t be blamed for doing so and keeps her official records cleaner.
she claims stress? 8 years ago she was 16 and was competing in the olympics for the first time, and doing very well. she should be becoming more seasoned and controlled.
she had a bad couple things happen and she knew itmtook her out of the top spots, so she pulled the mental health card excuse to have an asterisk as opposed to an official lower placment score on her record.
I don’t think she “pulled” anything. Look at the video of her last vault. At the height of her spin you see a drastic change in her facial expression and eyes. Something seriously disorienting occurred like she was uncertain where she was or what was happening. You can’t fake that.